nice shot max... Im in the process of trying to get back into my flickr account so I can actually start posting pics again... yes.. the snow is actually mostly melted here now in open areas and spring activity is in full swing.

We get them in smaller numbers up here in Florida...but Mexico has many many more than we do!

Not quite. I photograhed these ducks on San Antonio, Texas. We don't seem to get anything here in Mexico City other than pigeons and some little brown birds that are easily scared, and with an 18-55mm, I can't quite get them. There are of course some natural reserves and stuff, but no ducks near me unfortunately

Anyways, most duck shots I have are from that place in San Antonio, it's a small pond surrounded by trees that is adjacent to a house I have there, and ducks really seem to like going there. Though I have no idea where they come from, some years ago, before there were more buildings nearby, we used to get even deer in there and I used to spend a lot of time watching them come and go, they seemed to love coming back to that pond though.

Honestly, I don't know if they are native in there or if they are brought from somewhere else and they just like going there, but they live on their own, really no one is taking care of them for all I know.

The black bellied whistlers are native to Mexico and some of the Caribbean - I think Mexico City is too central and too high elevation for them - but I've been to Yucatan and they have thousands of them there, as well as down into Belize. I've seen them in Veracruz, Merida, Cancun, Costa Maya, and as far south as Costa Rica. They do commonly reach to Florida, mostly in the south, and Texas, along the south central area and to the east coast. San Antonio is within their range. I think they get into a few other states along the gulf coast, but that's about the limit of their range.